Geolocation Positional System (GPS) Experience

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Conditions studied: Emotions, Anhedonia, Depression

In brief

The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05991713

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

100

Starts

2023-11-02

Expected to finish

2028-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must agree to give informed consent
• Must be willing to have an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scan
• Must be able to receive and respond to daily text messages assessing current emotion
• Must be willing to download and run a GPS tracking application (FollowMee) onto their smartphone for a four-month period

You may not qualify if…

• history of head trauma, seizures, or neurological disorders
• severe/unstable medical conditions
• conditions that interfere with MRI
• pregnancy
• lifetime psychotic/bipolar disorder
• chronic/severe substance or alcohol abuse/dependence
• antipsychotic medication

Where it is running

• University of Miami — Coral Gables, Florida, United States (enrolling)

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